History and description of water birdsEdward Walker, 1816 |
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... ; while others , and these by much the greater number , are known invariably to leave the north , and to migrate southward on the approach of the winter months , and to return northward in the spring . It must INTRODUCTION . ix.
... ; while others , and these by much the greater number , are known invariably to leave the north , and to migrate southward on the approach of the winter months , and to return northward in the spring . It must INTRODUCTION . ix.
Стр. xi
... number of these birds , both waders and swimmers , a great proportion may not improperly be termed fresh - water birds , as they rear their young , and spend the greater part of their time inland . In this class are the Ardea , Scolopax ...
... number of these birds , both waders and swimmers , a great proportion may not improperly be termed fresh - water birds , as they rear their young , and spend the greater part of their time inland . In this class are the Ardea , Scolopax ...
Стр. xiii
... number exceeding that of any other kind . And , when we consider that each family of this genus is often seen in considerable flocks , and add them to those which may more properly be called sea - fowl - be- ginning with the Alca , and ...
... number exceeding that of any other kind . And , when we consider that each family of this genus is often seen in considerable flocks , and add them to those which may more properly be called sea - fowl - be- ginning with the Alca , and ...
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... calculation at defiance . The flocks of sea birds , for their numbers , baffle * The same happens in the southern hemisphere , by the melting of the ice at the south pole . the power of figures ; * but the swarms of INTRODUCTION .
... calculation at defiance . The flocks of sea birds , for their numbers , baffle * The same happens in the southern hemisphere , by the melting of the ice at the south pole . the power of figures ; * but the swarms of INTRODUCTION .
Стр. xvi
... species in the midst of number- less enemies , and serves to furnish the rest with a sustenance adapted to their nature . " - Encycl . Britan . a falling plummet upon the selected object , which is xvi INTRODUCTION .
... species in the midst of number- less enemies , and serves to furnish the rest with a sustenance adapted to their nature . " - Encycl . Britan . a falling plummet upon the selected object , which is xvi INTRODUCTION .
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Стр. 109 - ... inches from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail when spread as far as possible flat.
Стр. xiv - Or where the Northern Ocean., in vast whirls, Boils round the naked melancholy isles Of farthest Thule, and the Atlantic surge Pours in among the stormy Hebrides; Who can recount what transmigrations there Are annual made? what nations come and go? And how the living clouds on clouds arise? Infinite wings ! till all the plume-dark air And rude resounding shore are one wild cry.
Стр. 90 - The length of this bird, from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail, is...
Стр. 44 - Then take the dimensions from the point of the bill to the end of the tail...
Стр. xviii - Eternal Maker has ordain'd The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active. Thus the men Whom Nature's works can charm, with God himself Hold converse; grow familiar, day by day, With his conceptions, act upon his plan; And form to his, the relish of their souls.
Стр. 191 - The great blue heron (Ardea herodias) is about four feet in length from the point of the bill to the end of the tail, and nearly six feet across the wings.
Стр. 295 - The banks of the lake, for about ten yards on each side of this ditch (or pipe, as it is called) are kept clear from reeds, coarse herbage, &c. in order that the fowl may get on them to sit and dress themselves. Across this ditch, poles on each side, close to the edge of the ditch, are driven into the ground, and the tops bent to each other and tied fast. These poles at the entrance form an arch, from the top of which to the water is about ten feet.
Стр. 296 - ... there is then no further occasion for shelter. Were it not for these shootings, the fowl that remain about the mouth of the pipe would be alarmed, (if the person driving the fowl already under the net should be exposed) and would become so shy as to forsake the place entirely.
Стр. xv - Nova Zembla, Iceland, Greenland, with "the vast sweep of the Arctic Zone, and those forlorn regions of dreary space, — that reservoir of frost and snow, where firm fields of ice, the accumulation of centuries of winters, glazed in Alpine heights above heights, surround the pole, and concentre the multiplied rigours of extreme cold.
Стр. 202 - ... and never moved from it, though they have changed their station often.